Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Memory yarns

At the moment within my practical studies I am experimenting with shape memory yarns. Such a fantastic and exciting resource! Here is how it works;



This is a weaving example of Nitinol and this is how it works - it is folded to form a shape and then heated above 90 degrees (centigrade) and then returns to its original shape.

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